I just checked with my friend and he stands by his comment. He specifically says that dhotis are those who are of the Indian origin, like Chetri, bahun, Newar of the Indian origin side, Ranas, Shah, Thakuri, etc., regardless of what they wear now. It is a different matter now they do not wear a dhoti but their sacred garment remains a dhoti. Their pundits wear a dhoti. A dhoti is a dhoti how you wear it. And a dhoti mind is a dhoti mind and does not matter where you live. People of the dhoti groups also continue to believe that they go to heaven if they die in Kashi (Benaras). What is the meaning of Janani janmabhumishcha swargadapi?.etc. if breathing last in a foreign land is still considered a heavenly pleasure? My own view is that we must stop this non-sense. I have yet to see a Nepali who is not caste biased, this seems to happen in educated lot too whether they live in Delhi, Dallas, New York, New Delhi, London, or anywhere else. I will be bias to mention that this bias is more prevalent among the ?dhoti? groups mentioned above. They take a small Nepal mentality whereever they go to. I again say that educated people living anywhere from Nepal only appear to be unbiased when it comes to a caste bias but from inside they are the ones who carry the bias. Durga Pokhrel once said in an interview that she is from a high caste. As long as you carry that biased mentality, you can be sure that the radical changes are needed to improve our social system in Nepal. We can stop discussing this topic, but it will remain in the minds of the people --- a caste bias.